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Drink Tea & Eat Cake! A Styled Bridal Shoot In The North West

December 2nd, 2012 | Brides Up North: UK Wedding Blog

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Jules Fortune Photography for Isla Jean Bridal

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Drink tea, eat cake.  Not the worst advice I’ve ever heard for a lazy Sunday. 

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Ahead of an action packed festive season full of meetings, catch ups, venue visits, gatherings with family and friends and one very special Brides Up North Christmas Party, I’m taking a day today to recharge and reorganise before the mayhem ensues.  The season is all about spending time celebrating with loved ones, and after being a guest at a fabulously festive wedding celebration yesterday (Congratulations Tom & Emma!) another day with my nearest and dearest is just what’s needed.

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I’ve some super lovely wedding inspiration in my inbox that I can’t wait to share with you in the coming weeks.  The countdown to Christmas sure is going to be pretty!  To get things started, I will leave you with this fabulous little styled shoot from a collective of North West suppliers, sent to me by Jules Fortune Photography.  Tea & Cake (and gown gazing!) for everyone!

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Jules Fortune Photography for Isla Jean Bridal

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Jules Fortune Photography for Isla Jean Bridal

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Jules says: The shoot came about when Isla Jean Bridal approached me to photograph their new Halo collection.  The line has a very vintage feel and both myself and Vicky of Isla Jean love the styling.  I knew it would be great to get lots of local talent involved and the tearooms in my home town of Rawtenstall in Lancashire seemed the perfect place to start.

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Jules Fortune Photography for Isla Jean Bridal

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Jules Fortune Photography for Isla Jean Bridal

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Jules Fortune Photography for Isla Jean Bridal

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Jules Fortune Photography for Isla Jean Bridal

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Jules Fortune Photography for Isla Jean Bridal

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The Right Royal Tea Party Tearooms is owned and run by Melinda and I have always said that if the right shoot comes up I would love to shoot in her shop… and this seemed perfect. I suggested the tearooms to Vicky as i thought it would be an original, quirky location with some beautiful backdrops.

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Jules Fortune Photography for Isla Jean Bridal

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Jules Fortune Photography for Isla Jean Bridal

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Jules Fortune Photography for Isla Jean Bridal

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Jules Fortune Photography for Isla Jean Bridal

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I contacted Natalie from Love Bouquets a local company based in Bury who are winning lots of National Awards at the moment for their unique vintage crystal bouquets. We knew the look needed great 50′s styling, so Jenny Gooding Make Up Artist joined the the team and she was excellent.

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For me it was a great opportunity to work with four great local suppliers, photograph a great shoot, show off what we can do… and have some fun too!

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Jules Fortune Photography for Isla Jean Bridal

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Jules Fortune Photography for Isla Jean Bridal

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Jules Fortune Photography for Isla Jean Bridal

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Little Black Book

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Images: Jules Fortune Photography

Bridal Gowns & Accessories: Isla Jean Bridal

Venue: Right Royal Tea Party Tearooms

Make Up: Jenny Gooding MUA

Crystal bouquets: Love Bouquets

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  – Images © 2012 Jules Fortune Photography 

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Eye Candy: Love Bouquets Goes Cool Britannia

April 16th, 2011 | Brides Up North: UK Wedding Blog

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Move over Crown Jewels…

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Love Bouquets

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Love Bouquets has gone all out to celebrate the Royal Wedding with this amazing keep-forever piece made up of vintage union jack brooches, vintage crown brooches and even a replica of Miss Middleton’s famous ring.

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Love Bouquets

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Brides Up North couldn’t keep this spectacular piece of art to myself and had to show it off.  You Northern gals are a talented bunch! Clear a cabinet in the Tower of London.

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Love Bouquets

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It’s as official as the Royal Engagement – Brides Up North loves Love Bouquets.

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Click here to see more of their gorgeous crystal bouquets and read an interview with Love Bouquets.

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Supplier Showcase: Love Bouquets

January 21st, 2011 | Brides Up North: UK Wedding Blog

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Fancy a really very special bouquet that you can treasure forever?  Well, these beautiful creations from Love Bouquets, a Brides Up North Featured Supplier, will be right up your street.  Prepare to be blown away.

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Love Bouquets

Photograph by Owen Howells Photography

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No tossing these beauties!  You would take someone’s eye out for a start!  Totally gorgeous.

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Natalie from Love Bouquets tells Brides Up North more…

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What sort of bride do you design for?

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We have found that no bride is the same. We make these bouquets for all budgets and styles and love it when a bride designs their own bouquet to suit their personality!

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What is your most popular design and why?

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Our most popular design is our ‘Graceful’ bouquet which is a large cream rose bouquet with lots of crystal and pearls, its popular as its very well priced for its size and colours of the roses and crystals can be changed to suit many themes. This bouquet also has the vintage touch with brooches scattered throughout.

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Love Bouquets

Graceful

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Which is your favourite design and why?

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My favourite design is our ‘Elegance’ bouquet it was first designed for my own wedding back in 2009 and is what inspired us to start our own business.

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Elegance

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What what would your dream wedding day be like – and what sort of gown would you choose?  Would you carry a Love Bouquets bouquet? 

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My wedding blessing is June this year and for that I am designing and making my own bespoke bouquet, made completely out of Bethlehem mother of pearl brooches. It will be a one off design but will be amazing I can assure you! My dress is a midnight blue Eternity dress so its different to your normal creams and ivories, but then so are our bouquets.  As for the Royal Wedding this year,  I would have loved to design a bouquet that reflects the engagement ring using some Art Deco sapphire brooches that I have with cala lillies and roses.

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.Kate Middleton Engagement Ring

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How did Love Bouquets begin?

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We started doing what we do back in 2009 when I saw a bouquet in a wedding magazine.  It was all about the DIY wedding for me back then so me and my mother in law set about finding things to make my own crystal bouquet. Once it was made i posted pictures on a wedding forum and it got a lot of attention.  It wasn’t long before we were asked to make another one and eventually we had to set up a website for the growing demand.

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Is this your dream job?

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Sheila (my mother in law) and I love what we do, we spend most of our evenings wiring crystals and fresh water pearls whilst watching the soaps! Its a passion so its easy to do, we like to keep everything pre wired to allow for last minute orders but it also means we only have to charge for putting a bouquet together rather than the hours spent wiring. A typical working day for us would start with a trawl through some local antique shops (even when on holiday we cant help but have a nosey) then we spend the rest of the day putting our next order together. At the moment i am spending my evenings putting my own bouquet together which is a real labour of love.

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How long does a bouquet take to make from design to finished article?

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We can make most of our bouquets that are featured on the website within a week but at the moment we can only take orders from July onwards. Bespoke orders depend on what the design is but I would say 4-6 weeks.

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Why should a bride choose a Love Bouquets bouquet over real flowers?

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Brides love the idea of being able to keep their bouquets.  I intend to pass my own on to my little girl as it
contains bits of jewellery from her great grandma and has memories which can be her something old. We do also make crystal sprigs containing vintage pieces for brides who are still having fresh flowers. Our bouquets are all inspired by our brides they get full control over their product and we just make it happen!

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Can you give Brides Up North an idea on price?

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We aim to work to all budgets and because we hand wire things whilst watching the TV (!)  it means we don’t pass those charges onto our customers. Our cheapest bouquet is £80 and our most expensive at the moment is the large crystal cascade which starts at £250. We also offer a custom design for brides wishing to make something completely new. We can do smaller matching crystal wands for flower girls and these are only £25 and come in so many colours.

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Can you do a special Love Bouquets discount for Brides Up North readers?

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We can offer 10% off to all the readers of Brides Up North :)

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Brides Up North readers can find us on our website or email us at lovebouquets@gmail.comLove Bouquets is based in Bury.

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